Acidic mammalian chitinase and the eye: implications for ocular inflammatory diseases

• Main Authors: Claudio eBucolo (Author), Maria eMusumeci (Author), Salvatore eMusumeci (Author), Filippo eDrago (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chitinases have an important role in the defence of organisms against chitin containing parasites. An acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) has been detected in epithelial cells in lung tissue samples taken from patients with asthma as well as in conjunctival epithelium of patients with inflammatory o...